ORGANIZATIONAL REDESIGN: INSIGHTS FROM ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY BEFORE SIMULATION
DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference
Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Lamé, G.; Stal-Le Cardinal, J.; Jouini, O.
Series: DESIGN
Section: SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES IN DESIGN
Page(s): 1895-1904
Abstract
Increasing efficiency is crucial in healthcare systems. To do so, a classical approach is to redesign organizations using Discrete Event Simulation (DES). However, DES models workersonly as resources producing labour with a certain efficiency. To overcome this limitation, DES can be embedded in a Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) framework. In this article, we show how an ethnographic study is undertaken early in such a framework. Precious insights are gained and these findings call for more frequent use of observation in addition to interviews when redesigning organizations.
Keywords: organizational design, multidisciplinary approach, healthcare, simulation-based design, service design